University of Wisconsin NCAA News

The UW-Milwaukee men's basketball team will be looking to put together a complete game and gain a victory or two when it returns to the NIT Season Tip-off tournament this week at Fort Worth, Texas.

James Eayrs scored 21 points and Ricky Franklin put up a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds as Wisconsin-Milwaukee defeated Division II Hillsdale 62-54 on Saturday.

They weren't interested in accepting any consolation prizes in the UW-Milwaukee locker room at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Monday night after a down-to-the-wire, 69-65 loss to Western Kentucky in the first round of the NIT preseason tip-off basketball tournament.

Will Hudson, now a junior at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. returns home to play the Wisconsin Badgers Wednesday night at the Kohl Center.

A.J. Slaughter posted a game-high 30 points to lead Western Kentucky past Milwaukee, 69-65, at the NIT Tip-Off Tournament.

The UW-Milwaukee men's basketball team will engage in a bit of role reversal Monday when it takes on Western Kentucky in the first round of the NIT Season Tip-off tournament at Louisiana State University.

Ricky Franklin scored 21 points and James Eayrs finished with 20 points and 10 rebounds as Wisconsin-Milwaukee defeated Concordia-St. Paul 89-73 in its season opener Friday.

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It's almost tip-off time for the 2009-10 seasons of UW-Milwaukee and Marquette men's basketball.

The news was music to the ears of UW-Milwaukee guard Ricky Franklin. After months of waiting, Franklin finally received word Thursday from his adviser and coach Rob Jeter that he had been declared academically eligible to play this season for the Panthers.

Luke Reigel said he was not sure what to expect when he sent his UW-Parkside men's basketball team to do battle with UW-Milwaukee Saturday night.

Exhibition Game #2 Parkside @ Milwaukee Sat., Nov. 7 * 7 pm CST U.S. Cellular Arena * Milwaukee, Wis.

Cardinal Stritch University gave Jason Averkamp and UWM all it could handle Wednesday night.

Exhibition Game #1 Cardinal Stritch @ Milwaukee Wed., Nov. 4 * 7 pm CST U.S. Cellular Arena * Milwaukee, Wis.

Hopes are high for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's basketball team as the 2009-2010 season begins.

Francis Marion has been picked to finish sixth in the race for the Peach Belt Conference men's basketball title, according to the annual preseason coaches' poll.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's basketball team has been picked to finish fourth in the Horizon League this season, according to a poll of the league's coaches, sports information directors and media members that was released this afternoon.

With six of his top players back and some promising newcomers, Milwaukee head coach Rob Jeter has his eyes on a Horizon League championship in 2009-10. "Absolutely," he told the Journal Sentinel.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: F Michael Tyler is a junior transfer who ranked sixth in the nation in rebounding and posted 22 double-doubles in 31 games last season at Pratt CC.

Two University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's basketball players have been named to the Horizon League's Preseason All-League Team, the league office announced today.